Jean Grey is one of the most famous and consequential members of the X-Men, yet many of her powers have not been depicted in Fox’s X-Men timeline. Jean Grey has appeared in a total of seven X-Men movies, originally played by Famke Janssen, before Sophie Turner took over the role in the X-Men prequel movies. While two of these Marvel movies explicitly dealt with Jean’s considerable superhuman abilities, several superpowers have not been depicted yet on the big screen, which could make them compelling additions to the MCU’s X-Men movie.
Jean Grey has a complex history in Marvel Comics, complicated notably by several retcons and changes to Jean’s relationship with the Phoenix Force. Though these have created some inconsistencies, Jean has since been recognized as an Omega-level mutant, with unparalleled powers initially restricted by Charles Xavier. Jean’s mutant powers are primarily telepathy and telekinesis – often depicted in Marvel Comics as pink or purple energy. Meanwhile, Jean has a connection to the cosmic entity known as the Phoenix Force, which heightens Jean’s powers further, while also bestowing her with a litany of other abilities, including pyrokinesis and teleportation.
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10 Jean Grey Can Manipulate Other People’s Emotions
Jean Grey Is A Talented Empath
Jean Grey possesses a formidable power as an empath, granting her the ability to perceive and manipulate human emotions. This extraordinary capability was starkly evident when her powers initially manifested, sensing her friend Annie Richardson slowly dying. While Jean can feel other people’s emotions through her telepathy, she can also bend their emotional state to her will.
Jean can affect people’s feelings, and can even forge empathic links between individuals, compelling them to experience the anguish they’ve inflicted upon others. Jean Grey’s empathic prowess renders her a force to be reckoned with, wielding emotions as effortlessly as any weapon. This may explain why this aspect has remained more or less untouched during Jean’s time in the Fox X-Men movie cast, as it’s a power that has huge capabilities and very little that can oppose them.
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9 Jean Grey Can Take Control Of A Person’s Mind
Jean’s Powers Mirror Charles Xavier’s
Jean Grey commands a formidable ability to manipulate people’s minds, exerting unmatched control over the thoughts and actions of others. With a mere thought, she delved into the intricate folds of the human psyche, bending her foes’ wills to her whim. Through her telepathic abilities, Jean can seamlessly infiltrate minds, and control their actions and even their thoughts. Jean’s mastery over minds has never been depicted in X-Men movies, but she boasts powers comparable to Charles Xavier’s ability to control minds and manipulate people’s behavior. These powers are more prevalent in Marvel Comics, in which Jean rivals her X-Men mentor.
8 Jean Grey Can Project Her Telekinesis As A Concussive Force
Jean Can Project Her Telekenetic Power
Jean Grey has such deft control over her telekinetic powers that she can channel them into a powerful force of concussive energy. Jean can unleash devastating waves of energy, unleashing blasts of concussive force to shatter barriers and repel adversaries. Through her incredible control, Jean can wield this as a powerful, defensive force field or as a potent weapon. This is often depicted in Marvel Comics, X-Men animated series, and video games, as a pink or purple energy form that emanates from Jean’s mind – making it easier to identify that the ability has not been used in the movies yet.
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7 Jean Grey Can Create Psionic Weapons
Jean Trained With Fellow X-Men Member Psylocke
Under Psylocke’s expert tutelage, Jean Grey has learned Psylocke’s remarkable ability to create psionic weaponry capable of inflicting both physical and mental harm upon targets. Jean crafted an arsenal of diverse psionic arms, varying in size, length, and potency, each finely tuned for combat. With precision and skill, she wields these weapons in battle, unleashing their formidable power to confront adversaries on multiple fronts. Jean learning Psylocke’s ability – which for years appeared unique to the psychic mutant assassin – demonstrates Jean’s impressive powers and how they continue to evolve to even greater heights.
6 Jean Grey Can Communicate With Animals
Jean’s Telepathy Extends To Non-Humans
Jean Grey’s telepathic prowess extends beyond human minds, enabling her to establish connections with intelligent members of the animal kingdom. Jean has previously communicated with dogs, dolphins, and even ravens, seamlessly navigating numerous animals and animal types as effectively as she could any human. Through these connections, she gains insights, allies, and invaluable perspectives. Jean Grey’s telepathic communion with animals exemplifies her boundless empathy and is a testament to her ever-growing and evolving mutant powers. As an extension of her established power, including this superpower in an X-Men movie could help demonstrate Jean’s ongoing control over her unprecedented abilities.
5 Jean Grey Can Control The Phoenix Force When Not Its Host
Jean Is The Most Famous, But Not The Only Host For The Phoenix Force
Jean Grey is undoubtedly the most famous and effective host for the powerful cosmic entity, the Phoenix Force. Jean’s connection with the Phoenix has been elaborated upon throughout the years, and the two have since been connected intrinsically. Jean Grey boasts such a connection with the Phoenix Force and has such mastery over the entity and its powers, that Jean is the only character to force the Phoenix to act against its own cosmic will, even when Jean isn’t its host. On one occasion, Jean forcibly ripped the Phoenix from Emma Frost and took control of the powerful entity.
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4 Jean Grey Can Resurrect Herself Independently Of The Phoenix Force
Jean Grey Has Returned From The Dead On Numerous Occasions
One of the most famous aspects of Jean Grey’s history and the X-Men‘s Phoenix Saga is the fact Jean died and was brought back to life by the Phoenix. In fact, this has happened several times – with one occasion depicting Jean implanting her psyche inside the Phoenix, forcing it to resurrect her. However, these powers may not have originated with the Phoenix, as Jean has also resurrected herself through her own powers alone. When Jean is devoured by an alien race known as the Poisons, a small part of Jean’s mind is able to reconstruct her entire body.
3 Jean Grey Can Project Her Mind Into The Astral Plane
Xavier Entered The Astral Plane In X-Men: Apocalypse
Jean Grey’s telepathic abilities extend beyond the physical realm, allowing her to project her consciousness into the ethereal expanse of the astral plane. In this realm of pure thought and energy, Jean’s power flourishes, unhindered by the constraints of the material world. Here, she engages in battles of the mind, explores hidden truths, and seeks enlightenment. Jean’s mastery over astral projection not only demonstrates her psychic prowess but also her capacity to transcend the boundaries of reality itself. Though Jean’s ability has not been depicted in X-Men movies, Charles Xavier was depicted achieving the same feat in X-Men: Apocalypse.
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2 Jean Grey Can Stun Opponents With Psionic Bolts
Jean’s Psionic Abilities Combine Her Telepathy And Telekinesis
Jean Grey’s formidable psionic abilities naturally extend to the battlefield, where she unleashes devastating psionic bolts to stun her adversaries. With a mere thought, Jean can harness raw psychic energy, molding it into concentrated projectiles that strike with stunning force. These bolts disrupt neural pathways, leaving opponents incapacitated and vulnerable to her next movie. Jean’s mastery over psionic combat enables her to control the flow of battle, rendering her a formidable force on the front line. Jean’s psionic bolts function as a metaphysical manifestation of Jean’s mental powers and are also often depicted in Marvel Comics as pink energy.
1 Jean Grey Has a Photographic Memory
Jean Eidetic Memory Is An Extension Of Her Telepathy
Through her impressive telepathic ability, Jean Grey boasts an eidetic memory – also known as a photographic memory. Jean is able to capture and retain a vast amount of information with unparalleled clarity and precision. Each detail is etched into Jean’s mind with unwavering accuracy. This remarkable talent enables Jean to recall past events, intricate plans, and complex data instantaneously, providing her with a distinct advantage. As Jean’s powers continue to evolve and emerge, Jean’s abilities rival Charles Xavier’s, which may explain why several powers have been omitted from the X-Men movies, maintaining the mentor dynamic for the movies.
